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A student passes through Bessey Hall Tuesday afternoon.
Black students voice concerns
By Sean Green
Senior Reporter
The local media’s focus on mi
nority relations at UNL has
forced university administra
tors to address the issue, a student
said Tuesday.
Angela Green, a sophomore po
litical science majorat UNL, said that
ihc University of Ncbraska-Lincoln
had paid only lip service to minority
relations before.
“The negative press has made the
administration wake up a little faster
than usual,’’Green said. “But because
of the university’s past record, I am
not very optimistic that this list will
change things.”
Green was one of about 30 black
students who met with UNLadminis
trators, including Vice Chancellor fo
Academic Affairs James Gricscn
Monday night to discuss minorit
relations on campus.
Students expressed their frustra
lion at the meeting, and while admin
islrative efforts to listen arc positive
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Lunaestaa says Europe
new challenge to U.S.
by jeremy r-iizpatricK
Senior Reporter
I he end of the Cold War has re
duced both tension and stabil
ity in the world, the director of
the Norwegian Nobel Institute said
Tuesday.
Geir Lundestad told about 900
people at the Lied Center for the
Performing Arts that the Cold War
also was a “long peace.” It created a
high degree of tension, he said, as
well as a high degree of stability.
During the Cold War, he said, the
potential for conflict created tension,
but the balancing influences of the
United States and the former Soviet
Union also created stability.
Now the Cold War is over, Lun
destad said.
“In great part it ended because the
oovieis gave up, ne saiu.
Growing ethnic and economic
problems caused the Soviets to aban
don their Cold War policies in order
to address domestic challenges at home,
he said.
With the Cold War over, Lundes
tad said, there is talk of a Pax Ameri
cana — an American peace — be
cause the United Slates is the only
remaining superpower in the world.
“The gulf war demonstrated
America’s unique capabilities in power
projection,” he said.
* Lundcstad said the United States
was strong economically as well as
militarily. He said the United Stales’
economy was twice as large as the
economy of Japan, and that the United
States still led the world in overall
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Judge rules Baldwin
competent; contents
of examination closed
By Sean Green
Senior Reporter
A 2nd DistriclCourt judge ruled
Tuesday that Andrew Scott
Baldwin was competent to
stand trial for the alleged assault of a
Lincoln woman, but j.hc contents of
Baldwin’s psychological examination
were not released to the public.
Baldwin, a 22-ycar-old student at
the University of Ncbraska-Lincoln,
was charged with first-degree assault
after allegedly beating a Lincoln
woman Jan. 18.
After reading the results of the
psychological examination, Judge Paul
Merritt Jr. said Baldwin was compe
tent and able to understand the charges
being made against him. Merritt sched
uled an arraignment for Baldwin at 2
p.m. today in Lancaster County Court.
But at the request of Hal Ander
son, Baldwin’s defense attorney, the
contents of the examination will remain
scaled.
After the hearing, Anderson said
the competency examination had
nothing to do with what happened at
the time of the alleged assault.
“The judge said the results don’t
have to be made public, and statuto
rily my client has that right,” he said.
“This has nothing to do with when the
events occurred, or whether he knew
right from wrong at the lime.”
Anderson said he hoped that bond
would be set for his client by Monday
at the latest, but would not comment
on what he thought a reasonable bond
amount would be.
Once the ease goes to trial, Bald
win will plead not guilty by reason of
insanity, Anderson said.
“Our position is that (Baldwin)
didn’t know right from wrong at the
the time of the incident,” he said.
When asked about Baldwin’s
emotional state, Anderson said his
client was upset and would like to talk
to Gina Simanck, the woman Bald
win allegedly assaulted.
“He’s upset that he’s here and he’d
rather that this event had never oc
curred,” Anderson said. “He would
like to talk to Simanck and tell her
he’s sorry, but I don’t think that would
be proper, or fair to the girl or her
family.”
Anderson said Baldwin was see
ing visitors and was not having any
major problems.
“The people at the regional center
said he was the most axjperaiivc patient
they’ve ever had,” Anderson said.
Gary Lacey, Lancaster county at
torney, said Baldwin seemed compe
tent to stand trial.
“From what I saw in court today
and what the judge said, it appears to
me that Baldwin understands the
currcntcascagainst him,"Lacey said.
At the hearing, Lacey did not ob
ject to the examination’s contents being
sealed.
“It’s important in any criminal trial
to ensure that anyone accused of a
crime gels a fair trial,” he said. “As a
prosecutor, 1 have the responsibility
to do everything I can to help make
sure that happens.”
Kerrey showing buoys
hopes of supporters
: By Therrese Goodlett
I Staff Reporter
Excitement filled theairas sup
porters of Democratic presi
dential candidate Bob Kerrey,
D-Ncbraska, gathered at Kerrey’s
headquarters, 721
r S. 14th St., Tues
’ day night in an
|/ licipation of the
New Hampshire
primary.
Kerrey sup
2 porters said they !
R were confident that he would main
b tain his third-place finish, reported
about 9:30 p.m., behind former Mas
sachusetts senator Paul Tsongas and
Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton.
By about 9:30 p.m., the gap be
tween Kerrey and Iowa Sen. Tom
Hark in had narrowed to one percent.
Kerrey had 12 percent of the votes
and Hark in 11 percent.
‘Tm not worried,” said Becky
Raymond, a volunteer worker and
state employee. “I know personally,
I’ve persuaded at least one percent—
one percent will hold.”
“Yeah, because we want to go the
the Inaugural Ball,” Clara Smith, a
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